# CVE-2024-7257: File upload in YayExtra – WooCommerce Extra Product Options

> Unauthenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files via missing validation, potentially leading to remote code execution on WordPress sites using this plugin.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g37f-5jcr-xgp3

## What is CVE-2024-7257?

CVE-2024-7257 is a critical vulnerability in yaycommerce YayExtra – WooCommerce Extra Product Options, published on 3 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The YayExtra – WooCommerce Extra Product Options plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the handle_upload_file function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7257?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-7257?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7257 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7257 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7257 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7257 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7257 is a critical vulnerability in yaycommerce YayExtra – WooCommerce Extra Product Options, published on 3 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7257 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: yaycommerce YayExtra – WooCommerce Extra Product Options. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7257/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7257/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7257
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7257
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7257

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7257/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.